Alonzo King Receives Mayor’s Art Award

Alonzo King, artistic director of Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet and artistic director of the Dominican BFA in dance program, has been awarded the Mayor’s Art Award by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.

“Alonzo
King is a San Francisco treasure, embodying the
best of San Francisco,
the creative excellence and diverse culture of this city,” said Mayor Newsom.
“He has given equally to the dance community internationally and the community
at-large in San Francisco, and I am honored to bestow the Second Annual
Mayor’s Art Award in his name.”

Alonzo King is at the heart of the Dominican/LINES BFA
program, said Dr. Craig Singleton, Chair of Dominican’s Department of Music and
Performing Arts.

“Alonzo
King provides inspiration and motivation for our students, who frequently say
that he brings out the best in them as dancers,” Dr. Singleton said.

Alonzo
King is an award-winning choreographer who has works in the repertories of companies
throughout the world. Twenty-six years ago King founded LINES Ballet, the San Francisco-based
international touring company that performs unique contemporary ballets created
by King.

When
not on tour—performing in venues from the Venice Biennale to the Movimentos Festival
in Germany to Montpellier
Danse—the Company also appears onstage during spring and fall home seasons in San Francisco at Yerba Buena
Center for the Arts.